Where does “detonator” come from?
detonator (Dutch) comes from English detonator, from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.
detonator (Dutch): detonator
Definitions
- detonator
Ancestry of “detonator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detonator | A device used to detonate an explosive device... |
| 2 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 3 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 4 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 5 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 6 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 7 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 9 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 10 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 11 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |